Friends season 1 episode 7: vocabulary
«The One with the Blackout». 1,950 words spoken, 435 different words. Here are the ones worth learning before you watch.
A typical learner knows this share of the words spoken in the episode:
| Your level | Familiar words | New words per episode |
|---|---|---|
| A2 | ≈ 92% | ≈ 71 |
| B1 | ≈ 95% | ≈ 40 |
| B2 | ≈ 97% | ≈ 22 |
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Sorted by how often they are said in the episode. Character names are left out.
B1 words in this episode B1
| gum | soft pink part around your teeth | 9 |
| perfection | state of being without any mistakes | 5 |
| passion | very strong feeling of love or interest | 4 |
| zone | area that is different from other areas | 4 |
| negative | bad, or saying no | 3 |
| stick | long thin piece of wood | 3 |
| power | ability to control or do things | 2 |
| trapped | not able to get out or move away | 2 |
| weird | very strange and different from normal | 2 |
| offer | to say you will give or do something | 2 |
| choke | to have trouble breathing because something blocks | 2 |
| absolutely | completely, fully, yes for sure | 2 |
| sex | being male or female | 2 |
| proud | feeling good about what you or someone else did | 1 |
| realize | to suddenly understand something | 1 |
| company | a group of people who sell things or work together | 1 |
| focus | to give all your attention to one thing | 1 |
| idiot | a very stupid person | 1 |
| mechanical | done by a machine or about machines | 1 |
| relationship | how two people or things are connected | 1 |
| theme | main subject or idea | 1 |
| miniature | very small copy of something | 1 |
| hopefully | with hope that something good will happen | 1 |
| trust | to believe someone is good and honest | 1 |
| security | keeping people and things safe | 1 |
| case | a box for keeping things or a situation | 1 |
| mayor | person in charge of a city or town | 1 |
| mess | dirty or untidy state | 1 |
| moonlight | the light that comes from the moon at night | 1 |
| hell | place some believe bad people go after death | 1 |
| mental | about the mind and thinking | 1 |
| sour | having a sharp taste like a lemon | 1 |
| scary | making you feel afraid | 1 |
| typical | normal and what you would think to see | 1 |
| crush | to press something until it breaks | 1 |
| creation | something new that was made | 1 |
| wax | a soft thing that gets hard when cool, used in candles | 1 |
| scared | feeling afraid | 1 |
| owe | to need to pay money back to someone | 1 |
| charm | quality that makes people like something | 1 |
B2 words in this episode B2
| blah | boring and not interesting | 7 |
| eligible | meeting the requirements to do or get something | 1 |
| overrate | to think something is better than it really is | 1 |
| groundwork | the basic work needed before starting something bigger | 1 |
| sugarless | without any sugar | 1 |
| carcass | dead body of an animal or empty shell | 1 |
| dairy | about milk and foods made from milk | 1 |
| trample | to step heavily on something and damage it | 1 |
| monopoly | when one company controls all of something | 1 |
| touching | making you feel sad or emotional in a good way | 1 |
| boyish | looking or behaving like a young boy | 1 |
| moped | a small, light motorbike | 1 |
| technically | according to the exact rules or facts | 1 |
Harder words (C1–C2)
vestibule C1 blackout C1 shush C1 perk C2 looter C2 atrium C2 officiate C1 rabbi C1 jewish C1 lesbianism C2 priesthood C1 mangle C2 loathe C1 impish C1 imp C1 superficial C1 poco C2 definitive C1
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